I Can't Read

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“I Can't Read”
Single by David Bowie from the album soundtrack Ice Storm
Released	December, 1997
Format	CD single
Genre	Rock
Length	4:40
Label	Velvel Records/ZYX ZYX 8757-8
Producer	David Bowie, Mark Plati, Reeves Gabrels
David Bowie singles chronology
I'm Afraid of Americans (1997) I Can't Read (1997) Thursday's Child (1999)

"I Can't Read" is a song written by David Bowie and Reeves Gabrels for Tin Machine on their debut album in 1989.

Bowie recorded a new version of the song in 1997 for the film The Ice Storm. This version was released as a single in Germany and Scandinavia by Velvel Records in December 1997. In January 1998 it was also released in Australia by Shock Records under exclusive license from Velvel Records. The single stayed in the UK Top 200 for 3 weeks, peaking at #73.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 CD: Velvel / ZYX 8757-8 (Germany) 2 Live versions 3 Cover versions

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD: Velvel / ZYX 8757-8 (Germany)

1. "I Can't Read" (Short Version) (Bowie, Gabrels) – 4:40
2. "I Can't Read" (Long Version) (Bowie, Gabrels) – 5:30
3. "This Is Not America" (Bowie, Metheny) – 3:48

[edit] Live versions

• A live version recorded in 1989 was released on the 12" and CD version of the single "Tin Machine"
• Another live version recorded during the Tin Machine Tour in 1991 was released on the live album Tin Machine Live: Oy Vey, Baby in 1992.
• An acoustic version of the 1997 single was performed by Bowie and Reeves Gabrels for the radio station WRXT in Canada October 16, 1997.

[edit] Cover versions

• Robert Lurie Collective - Loving the Alien: Athens Georgia Salutes David Bowie
• Tim Bowness and Samuel Smiles - Diamond Gods: Interpretations of Bowie (2001)

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